A recent victim of financial elder abuse claims that Bank of America did not question transactions when she withdrew money. The senior citizen victim was allegedly scammed out of approximately $35,000. Police are searching for a black woman in her 40’s who disappeared with the money. California financial elder abuse attorneys warn seniors to be wary when people they do not know well as them to withdraw money from their accounts.

According to authorities in this case, the suspect told the senior citizen victim that the president of Bank of America had contacted her and told her that he need the victim to pull money out of the bank. The suspect promised the victim $572,000 in return for doing so. The victim then withdrew $12,000 from a Bank of America in Redlands, California, and another $23,000 from another Bank of America branch in San Bernadino, California. California financial elder abuse attorneys warn seniors that bank officials will not ask them to withdraw money from their accounts.

Bank of America officials say that there are security efforts in place to protect senior citizen customers from financial elder abuse. Bank of America has stated that bankers and tellers receive extensive training to identify banking transactions that are out of the ordinary. Bank of America officials also stated that they follow applicable state laws which may include contacting Adult Protective Services or local law enforcement. California financial elder abuse attorneys remind the public to be vigilant regarding financial elder abuse.

In this case, the suspect befriended the stranger in a grocery store parking lot. After the money was removed from the accounts, the suspect told the victim that the bank president wanted them to put the money in the victim’s trunk and return to the other Bank of America branch to fill out paperwork. The suspect then went to use the bathroom and disappeared with the money.

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